Writers and Protestantism in the north of Ireland : heirs to adamnation? /
Sloan, Barry.
Dublin : Irish Academic Press,
2000.
"How did Protestantism influence the subject-matter and vision of twentieth-century writers from the north of Ireland? Was it a merely negative, inhibiting, backward-looking and self-defensive force within the community, as some observers have claimed? Theologically, politically and culturally, was it ever a source of creative energy and a stimulus to the literary imagination? These are some of the questions this book confronts in a new and wide ranging examination of the relationship between northern Irish Protestantism and writing."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-370) and index.
"How did Protestantism influence the subject-matter and vision of twentieth-century writers from the north of Ireland? Was it a merely negative, inhibiting, backward-looking and self-defensive force within the community, as some observers have claimed? Theologically, politically and culturally, was it ever a source of creative energy and a stimulus to the literary imagination? These are some of the questions this book confronts in a new and wide ranging examination of the relationship between northern Irish Protestantism and writing."--BOOK JACKET.
English literature
English literature
English literature
Protestantism and literature
Authors, Irish
Protestants
Protestants in literature.
Writers and Protestantism in the north of Ireland.